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A new issue of Philosophy in Review is out. Kevin Tobia, Wesley Buckwalter and Stephen Stich (Rutgers): Moral Intuitions: Are Philosophers Experts? J. David Velleman (NYU): Foundations for Moral Relativism. From NDPR, a review of The Ethical Project by Philip Kitcher; a review of The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation by Sarah Clark Miller; a review of Moralism: A Study of a Vice by Craig Taylor; and a review of Against Moral Responsibility by Bruce N. Waller. From The Utopian, an interview with T. M. Scanlon. The new leveller: An interview with Elizabeth Anderson. A review of Philosophers Past and Present: Selected Essays by Barry Stroud. Is philosophy literature? Analytic philosophy is reputed to be overly dry and technical, but a host of 20th century works are lyrical, engaging and a delight to read. Addicts, mythmakers and philosophers: Alan Brody explains Plato’s/Socrates’ understanding of habitually bad behavior. Public forums for the discussion of ideas are flourishing everywhere, from festivals to pubs, but will the popularity of philosophy groups have any lasting impact?

Antonis Sapountzis (Aristotle): Conspiracy Accounts as Intergroup Theories: Challenging Dominant Understandings of Social Power and Political Legitimacy. From New York, a special issue on sex. What would you do? A review of Traitor: The Whistleblower and the “American Taliban” by Jesselyn Radack and Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times by Eyal Press. From Cabinet, our aesthetic categories: An interview with Sianne Ngai on the cute, the interesting, and the zany; Mark Dorrian on Powers of Ten and the mastery of space by vision; Michael Wang on the Heck “Aurochs” and the quest for biological unity; and James Trainor on the lost world of New York City adventure playgrounds. Behind every new stadium or giant artwork is a team of engineers doing things that could not have been done a decade ago. Montaigne, Ben-Hur, and JFK: Gore Vidal talks with Bookforum (2007).

A new issue of First Monday is out. Matthew Kelly (Pitt): All Bugs Are Shallow: Digital Biopower, Hacker Resistance, and Technological Error in Open Source Software. A review of Technology: A World History by Daniel Headrick. An interview with Richard M. Stallman, founder of the GNU project and free software campaigner. A review of When Biometrics Fail: Gender, Race, and the Technology of Identity by Shoshana Amielle Magnet. From n+1, David Auerbach on the stupidity of computers. Tim Stevens is the nicest guy in tech, not to mention one of the most powerful; the editor in chief of Engadget plays a crucial role in the $190 billion consumer electronics industry. Having outlived a number of its corporate owners, and spurred on by its passionate users, the Amiga computer is going back to market again — but this time, in very different forms. King of the Hill: Can established tech companies be bested? Such a long journey: An interview with Kevin Kelly. Did Bill Gates steal the heart of DOS? The mystery of the rumored theft of CP/M by a little company called Microsoft can finally be investigated — using software forensic tools.